Duty Free Store POS System

Purpose-Built POS Software for Duty Free Retail

Duty free retail is not ordinary retail. Your staff serve international travellers who are in a hurry, pay in various currencies, and buy under product allowances that change depending on where they are headed next. Your back office has to reconcile tax-free and duty-paid inventory, satisfy customs reporting, and absorb traffic surges that arrive four tour buses at a time. A general-purpose till cannot do that. A purpose-configured duty free store POS system can. 

Armagh’s duty free POS runs on Catapult, our award-winning retail software solution, and it is already at work in Canadian travel retail. 

The Best POS System for Duty Free Stores

  • Move time-strapped travellers through the lane fast with touch-screen POS terminals, on-screen item search, split payments, and clean returns and exchanges.
  • Accept payments in every form your shoppers use — cash, credit, debit, EMV chip and PIN, and NFC tap including Apple Pay — through integrated payment processing that removes manual entry and nightly reconciliation.
  • Add mobile POS on the sales floor during rushes and serve customers where they are standing instead of keeping them at the counter.
  • Sell tax-free and duty-paid stock from the same POS, with each item priced, taxed, and reported according to the rules that apply to it.
  • Configure product limitations and product allowances at the item level so associates are prompted at the point of sale rather than relying on memory.
  • Handle tax refunds and tax rebates on goods crossing the border, a requirement Catapult already supports for Canadian land border duty free stores.
  • Apply the correct final prices automatically, so the number on the screen is the number the customer pays.
  • Tender in different currencies and give change according to the exchange rates you set, so pricing stays clear in your customer’s currency.
  • Track and report on cash held in various currencies by drawer, shift, and store, rather than reconciling it in a spreadsheet after close.
  • Track every SKU across the shop floor, the bond room, and your online stores from one real-time database.
  • Automate replenishment for your fastest-moving products based on live demand, with stock alerts, cycle counts, transfers, and point-in-time inventory reporting behind it.
  • Build purchase orders and print barcode labels, shelf labels, and product signs as shipments arrive.
  • Manage duty-free and duty-paid stock separately where the rules require it while still reporting on the business as a whole.
  • Catapult’s Briefcase reporting tool lets you compare daily sales, hourly statistics, customer activity, on-hand inventory snapshots, and promotion performance with drag-and-drop simplicity.
  • See which retail items sell to which traveller segments at which hours, then adjust staffing, pricing, and stock to increase sales.
  • Make data-driven decisions on costs, labour, and margin from live numbers rather than last month’s export.

POS Systems for Every Type of Duty Free Store

Land Border Duty Free Shops

Built for the realities of a border crossing, with support for duty-free and duty-paid inventory, tax refunds, multiple currencies, product.

Airport Duty Free Shops

Serve departing and in transit passengers quickly across multiple terminals and concessions, with centralised pricing and promotions.

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Cruise and Ferry Terminals

Sell to passengers boarding cruise boats on tight turnarounds, with mobile POS for pop-up and gangway positions.

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Rail and Coach Terminals

Run duty free and duty paid stores in train stations and coach terminals on the same POS as the rest of your estate.

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Duty Free Retailers with Food Service

Add a café, bar, or table service outlet alongside retail and manage it through Armagh's restaurant POS, supported by the same team.

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Duty Free Stores Selling Online

Sync in-store and online stores in real time through Catapult WebCart, so stock, pricing, and loyalty stay consistent across channels.

Multi-Site Travel Retailers

Manage inventory, pricing, promotions, and employees across every store centrally, with real-time reporting by location.

Why Choose Armagh Duty Free POS?

Catapult POS software and Canada-based support, built around how duty free stores really run.

Catapult POS

Trusted Canadian POS provider since 1979, headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario, with over 45 years of experience.

Award-winning Catapult Retail POS software with Unified Transaction Logic™ connecting every touchpoint in real time.

Integrated payments with a choice of processors including Chase, Global Payments, Moneris, and Shift4.

Advanced inventory management, loyalty, and marketing tools in a single system.

Built-in label and signage printing.

Self-checkout and mobile POS options for high-traffic locations.

Certified for Canadian retail, including Canadian payment options and Weights and Measures scale compliance.

24/7 expert support, onboarding, and on-demand or in-person training from a 100% Canada-based team.

Catapult already installed in approximately a dozen duty free stores.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Here, we have compiled a list of common question and their answers to help you better understand our product and services.

    Yes. Many duty free stores also operate duty paid stores or duty paid sections, and Catapult manages both from the same POS and the same database. Each item carries its own tax, duty, and reporting treatment, so associates simply scan and the system applies the correct rules and final prices. Your reporting still rolls up across the whole business.

    Yes. Catapult can be configured to accept payments and tender change in various currencies at the exchange rates you control, so pricing can be presented in the customer’s preferred currency and cash is reconciled accurately by drawer and shift. Because currency setup varies by store and border, our consultants will confirm the exact configuration during discovery.

    Catapult supports item-level rules and prompts, which can be configured to reflect the allowances and product limitations your operation is required to apply. Because these rules differ by jurisdiction, border, and traveller destination, we scope your specific requirements before implementation rather than assuming a one-size-fits-all setup.

    Requirements here vary widely between land border, airport, and cruise operations, and between regulators. Tell us what your authority requires — including whether you need to record a next leg destination or final destination — and we will confirm exactly what Catapult does as standard and what needs configuration. We would rather scope it honestly up front than promise it on a web page.

    Yes. Catapult provides centralized control of inventory, pricing, promotions, and employees across multiple locations, with real-time data and reporting by site. You can compare performance store by store, transfer stock, and roll out a promotion across all locations at once.